Winfrey, who has been vocal about Brown’s 2009 abuse of Rihanna in the past, went on to offer her thoughts on the couple.

“No, I am not surprised,” Winfrey said. “You know what I love about that interview. It is that she came with a big wide open heart, that she was in the space of forgiveness. She learned a lesson that she is repeating with Chris brown exactly what she needed to learn with her father. I think that if she is prepared to deal with that and is prepared to help him help himself, so be it.”

“It was embarrassing,” Rihanna told Oprah. “It was humiliating. I lost my best friend. I was resentful. I held a grudge. I was dark.”

Despite the tears and deep pain Rihanna confessed, Oprah said she does not pass judgement on the matter.

“I have no judgment about it,” Oprah said. “That’s why I can sit there and have such a great time with her because I do all my interviews with no judgment whatsoever. If that’s how you choose to lead your life, that’s really okay.” —Erik Parker, CBS Local